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SBI CBO Notification 2023: Exam Dates, Apply Online, Eligibility

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1. SBI CBO 2023 Notification
SBI CBO 2023 notification was released on 21st November with 5280 vacancies. A candidate who wishes to join SBI Circle-based officer (CBO) can register online after reading the notification. Before applying for the SBI CBO, a candidate must see the eligibility criteria. Candidates should visit the SBI official website for the latest updates. The registration process is completed only when the fee is deposited through online mode and no other payment mode is allowed. The application fee must be paid before the last date of payment. A candidate must register on the official website of SBI https://sbi.co.in/
The basic pay of SBI CBO is 36,000. The officers are eligible for HRA, DA, CCA, medical allowances, and others per the rules. The selected candidates will be posted as a ‘Circle based officer’ within 6 6-month probation period. A candidate can refer to SBI CBO 2023 notification for exam pattern and syllabus. The link for the SBI CBO 2023 notification is given below.
2. About SBI CBO 2023 Exam
SBI CBO 2023 exam pattern consists of three phases i.e. Computer based examination, Screening, and interview.
2.1 Computer-based examination.
There are two sections: The objective test and the Descriptive test. There is no negative marking scheme in this exam. The Exam pattern of the Objective test and Descriptive test is given below.
- SBI CBO Objective test
Name of Test | No of Questions | Max Marks | Duration |
English Language | 30 | 30 | 30 mins |
Banking Knowledge | 40 | 40 | 40 mins |
General Awareness/Economy | 30 | 30 | 30 mins |
Computer Aptitude | 20 | 20 | 20 mins |
Total | 120 | 120 | 2 hours |
- SBI CBO Descriptive test
Name of Test (Descriptive Test) | No of Questions | Max Marks | Duration |
Letter Writing | 1 | 25 | 30 mins |
Essay-250 words on banking related | 1 | 25 | |
Total | 2 | 50 | 30 mins |
2.2 Screening test: Shortlisted candidates are called for screening tests. The eligibility and documents of the shortlisted candidates are screened by the Screening committee. A candidate who has the required experience and educational qualifications will be called for the interview.
2.3 Interview: This is the final stage for SSC CBO. The interview consists of 50 marks. Candidates must carry a Caste and income certificate during the interview. The minimum qualifying marks are decided by the Bank.
3. About IACE coaching for SBI CBO
IACE provides the best coaching for the SSC CBO exam. A candidate who is preparing for the SSC CBO exam can take guidance from IACE Institute. IACE is providing both online and offline classes. The targeted study is very important when it comes to preparing for competitive exams. IACE provides
- All the pre-preparation kits like Study materials, daily new paper updates, previous year papers, and mock test papers, etc.
- The daily grand test is conducted which is very useful for the candidates. Daily Grand test also contains explanations.
- Customized programs like the Real intensive program, Solo intensive study halls, and interactive sessions specially designed for Interviews.
4. SBI CBO 2023 Exam Highlights
The exam highlights of SSC CBO 2023 are given below.
Exam Name | SBI CBO 2023 |
SBI CBO Full Form | State Bank of India “Circle-based officer” |
Conducting Body | State Bank of India |
Vacancies | 5280 |
Category | Government Jobs |
Exam Type | National Level |
Mode of Application | Online |
Online Registration | 22nd November 2023 |
Mode of Exam | Online |
Eligibility | Graduation from a recognized institute or university and the age limit should be 21 to 30 years. |
Selection Process |
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Official Website | https://sbi.co.in/ |
5. SBI CBO 2023 Online Application & Fee
5.1 The process for filling SBI CBO 2023 online application is given below.
- A candidate must visit the official website of SBI https://sbi.co.in/
- Click on the latest notification of ‘Circle-based officer in State Bank of India’ and read the full notification carefully.
- Go to current openings and apply for “Circle-based officer in State Bank of India’’ fill out the application
- Scan the documents like Photograph, signature, Id proof, DOB certificate, brief resume, Experience certificate, educational certificate, etc, and upload them.
- Registration Id and password will be received on the registered mail id.
- After filling out the application form, pay the application fees and download the receipt of payment.
- Download the application form.
5.2 Application fees
The SBI CBO 2023 exam fee is given below.
Category | Fee |
SC/ST/PWD | No Fee |
Other Category | Rs. 750 |
6. SBI CBO 2023 Eligibility Criteria
The eligibility criteria for SBI CBO 2023 are given below.
6.1 Educational qualification
A candidate must hold a graduation degree or any recognized degree. If a candidate is having medical, engineering, or cost accounting qualifications can also apply for SBI CBO 2023.
6.2 Experience
At least 2 years of experience as an officer in scheduled commercial banks and regional rural banks.
6.3 Age limit
The age limit for SBI CBO should be 21 to 30 years. The upper age limit candidate can avail of age relaxation. The age relaxation is given to the eligible candidates only.
Category | Age Relaxation |
Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe | 5 years |
Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer) | 3 years |
General (PWD) | 10 years |
OBC/ OBC(PWD) | 13 years |
SC/SC(PWD)/ST/ST(PWD) | 15 years |
Eligible – Ex-Servicemen and Commissioned officers | 5 years |
7. SBI CBO 2023- Important Dates
The important dates for SBI CBO 2023 are tabulated below. Stay alert and don’t miss any updates.
Events | Date |
SBI CBO Notification 2023 | 21st November 2023 |
Online Registration Process Starts | 22 November 2023 |
Online Registration Process Ends | 12th December 2023 |
SBI CBO CBT Admit card | January 2023 |
SBI CBO 2023 CBT Exam Date | January 2023 |
SBI CBO 2023 CBT Result | To be notified |
SBI CBO Interview results | To be notified |
8. SBI CBO Selection Procedure
SBI CBO 2023 notification was released on 21st November. The candidate must register on the SBI official website. The selection process of SBI CBO contains 3 stages which are mentioned below.
Stage 1: CBT It contains two papers Objective paper and a descriptive paper. The objective paper contains 120 questions for 2 hours duration. The descriptive paper contains 2 questions for a 30-minute duration. There is no negative marking scheme in this exam. There will be no sectional cutoff mark only aggregate marks will be calculated. Biometric verification is done at every stage of the exam any inconsistencies will lead to disqualification.
Stage 2: Screening test: All the documents uploaded by the candidate during the application process are examined by the screening committee. And the candidates who fill the requirements are called for the interview process.
Stage 3: The interview is conducted for 50 marks. The minimum qualifying marks are decided by the bank.
9. SBI CBO Syllabus 2023
The syllabus for SBI CBO Computer based exam is given below.
English | General knowledge /economy | Banking knowledge | Computer knowledge |
Reading Comprehension | Current affairs | Banking terminologies | History of computers and generations of computers |
Fill in the blanks | Currency | Money and banking | Computer memory |
Cloze Test | Books and authors | Banking rates | Hardware and software |
Para jumbles | Headquarters | Principles of insurance | Computer language |
Vocabulary | Awards | Banking norms | Virus |
Paragraph Completion | Prime ministers | Financial system etc | Operating system |
Multiple Meaning /Error Spotting | Important days | Internet etc. | |
Sentence Completion | Indian economic conditions etc | ||
Tenses Rules etc. |
10. SBI CBO Vacancy 2023: Category-Wise
The SBI CBO 2023 notification was released. The category-wise vacancies of SBI CBO 2023 will be published in the official notification. As per SBI CBO 2023 notification, the category-wise vacancy for regular and backlogs is given below.
Circle | State/UT | Language | Regular Vacancies | Backlog Vacancies | PwBD | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | GEN | TOTAL | VI | HI | LD | D&E |
Ahmedabad | Gujarat | Gujarati | 64 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 430 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
Dadra & Nagar Haveli | Daman & Diu | ||||||||||||||
Amaravati | Andhra Pradesh | Telugu | 60 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bengaluru | Karnataka | Kannada | 57 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 380 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh | Hindi | 67 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 450 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Bhubaneswar | Odisha | Odia | 37 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 250 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Chandigarh | Jammu & Kashmir | Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi | 45 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ladakh | Himachal Pradesh, Haryana | ||||||||||||||
Chennai | Tamil Nadu | Tamil | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 125 | ||||
Pondicherry | North Eastern | Assam, Bengali, Bodo, Manipuri, Garo, Khasi, Mizo, Kokborok | 37 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 250 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Arunachal Pradesh | Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura | ||||||||||||||
Hyderabad | Telangana | Telugu | 63 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 425 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
Jaipur | Rajasthan | Hindi | 75 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 500 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | Hindi/Urdu | 90 | 45 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kolkata | West Bengal | Bengali, Nepali | 34 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 230 | 14 | 34 | 1 | 1 |
A & N Islands | Sikkim | ||||||||||||||
Maharashtra | Maharashtra | Marathi, Konkani | 45 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 300 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Goa | Mumbai Metro | Maharashtra | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New Delhi | Delhi | Hindi | 45 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Uttarakhand | Haryana, Uttar Pradesh | ||||||||||||||
Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala | Malayalam | 37 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||||
Total | 787 | 388 | 58 | 56 | 50 | 50 | 29 | 93 | 5280 | 45 | 167 | 17 | 34 |
SBI CBO Vacancy 2022
SBI CBO Vacancy 2022 (Regular ) | |||||||
Circle | State Name | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | GEN | Total |
North Eastern | Assam/ Arunachal Pradesh/
Manipur/ Meghalaya/ Mizoram/ Nagaland/ Tripura |
45 | 22 | 81 | 30 | 122 | 300 |
Bhubaneswar | Odisha | 26 | 13 | 47 | 70 | 72 | 175 |
Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh/Chhattisgarh | 26 | 13 | 47 | 17 | 71 | 175 |
Hyderabad | Telangana | 26 | 13 | 47 | 17 | 72 | 175 |
West Bengal | West Bengal/
Sikkim/ A & N Islands |
26 | 13 | 47 | 17 | 72 | 175 |
Maharashtra | Maharashtra/ Goa | 30 | 15 | 54 | 20 | 81 | 200 |
Jaipur | Rajasthan | 30 | 15 | 54 | 20 | 81 | 200 |
Total | 158 | 107 | 272 | 110 | 453 | 1400 |
SBI CBO Vacancy 2022 (Backlog ) | |||||
Circle | State Name | SC | ST | OBC | Total |
Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh/
Chhattisgarh |
— | — | 08 | 08 |
Hyderabad | Telangana | — | 01 | — | 01 |
Maharashtra | Maharashtra/Goa | — | 12 | — | 12 |
Jaipur | Rajasthan | — | — | 01 | 01 |
Total | — | 13 | 09 | 22 |
11. SBI CBO Cut-Off: Previous Year’s Cut-off Marks and expected cut-off Marks
The SBI CBO 2023 notification was released. The cut-off marks will be released by the State Bank of India. The previous year’s SBI CBO 2022 cut-off marks are yet to be announced. The expected cut-off marks for SBI CBO 2022 are given below.
Expected cut-off marks for SBI CBO 2022 (out of 200) | |
Category | Expected cut-off |
General | 99 to 104 |
OBC | 91 to 101 |
EWS | 84 to 94 |
SC | 71 to 81 |
ST | 70 to 76 |
PwD | 72 to 78 |
12. SBI CBO 2023 Salary Structure
The salary structure of SBI CBO 2023 is given below.
Allowances | Amount |
Pay Scale | 36000-1490/7-46430-1740/2- 49910-1990/7-63840 |
Basic Pay | Rs. 36,000 |
Dearness Allowance (DA) | Rs. 16,884 |
House Rent Allowance (HRA) | Rs. 2520 |
City Compensatory Allowances (CCA) | Rs. 1080 |
Other Allowances | Rs. 2000 |
Gross Salary | Rs. 58,484 |
Deduction | Rs. 8187.6 |
Net Salary | Rs. 50,296.24 |
13. SBI CBO 2023 Exam Centre
The exam centers of SBI CBO 2023 are given below.
State/UT | Online Written Examination Centre |
Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair |
Andhra Pradesh | Guntur, Visakhapatnam, Kurnool, Vijayawada. |
Arunachal Pradesh | Naharlagun |
Assam | Guwahati |
Bihar | Arrah, Muzaffarpur Patna. |
Chandigarh | Chandigarh/ Mohali |
Chhattisgarh | Raipur |
Goa | Panaji |
Gujarat | Ahmedabad/ Gandhinagar |
Haryana | Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram, Hisar, |
Himachal Pradesh | Shimla, Solan |
Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu, Srinagar |
Jharkhand | Jamshedpur, Ranchi |
Karnataka | Bengaluru |
Kerala | Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram |
Ladakh | Leh |
Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Indore |
Maharashtra | Aurangabad, Pune, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai, Nagpur. |
Manipur | Imphal |
Meghalaya | Shillong |
Mizoram | Aizawl |
Nagaland | Kohima |
Delhi -NCR | Delhi & New Delhi |
Odisha | Bhubaneswar |
Puducherry | Puducherry |
Punjab | Bhatinda, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala, Jalandhar, |
Rajasthan | Jaipur |
Sikkim | Bardang – Gangtok |
Tamil Nadu | Chennai, Madurai, Tirunelveli |
Telangana | Hyderabad |
Tripura | Agartala |
Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur, Agra, Ghaziabad, Noida/ Greater Noida, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi, Prayagraj (Allahabad). |
Uttarakhand | Dehradun |
Uttarakhand | Hooghly, Kalyani, Kolkata |
14. SBI CBO Preparation Tips 2023
Before starting for the exam a candidate must make some preparation which includes checking the exam pattern and syllabus. SBI CBO contains two papers Objective and descriptive paper. Here are some important tips for preparing for the SBI CBO exam.
- Short notes could be useful for revision.
- Make a study plan according to your schedule and prepare a timetable and study accordingly.
- Read daily newspapers to stay updated on current affairs.
- Follow limited books because multiple books may lead to confusion.
- For English, read vocabulary, and learn grammar.
- Analyze the previous paper and practice mock tests daily.
15. SBI CBO 2023 Admit Card & Call Letter
SBI CBO 2023 admit card will be released on the official website https://sbi.co.in/. The SBI CBO 2023 notification was released. The admit card will be released a few days before the exam. A call letter for an interview is given to the shortlisted candidates.
16. SBI CBO CBT 2023 Result
The SBI CBO computer-based test results will be declared on the official website. Candidates are shortlisted based on 3 times the number vacancy in category-wise and circle-wise. The shortlisted candidates are called for screening and interview process.
17. SBI CBO Interview Process
The shortlisted candidates are called for the SBI CBO interview which contains 50 marks. Candidates must carry their caste certificate and essential documents for the interview.
18. SBI CBO 2023 Final Result
The final result of SBI CBO 2023 will be declared after interviewing and shortlisting the candidates. The candidates are posted according to their given preferences. The final list of candidates qualifying for SBI CBO will be published on the website https://sbi.co.in/.
19. FAQ's
1. What is the age limit for the SBI CBO exam?
Ans. The age limit is 21 to 30 years and the upper age limit candidates can avail of age relaxation.
2. How many years of experience are required for SBI CBO?
Ans. Minimum 2 years of experience is required as an officer in a Regional rural bank or Scheduled commercial bank.
3. What is the full form of SBI CBO?
Ans. The Full form of SBI CBO is the state bank of India (Circle-based officer).
4. When will the exam for SBI CBO 2023 be conducted?
Ans. The SBI CBO 2023 notification was released. In previous years the SBI CBO 2022 CBT exam was conducted in December.
5. Is there any negative marking in the SBI CBO exam?
Ans. No, the SBI CBO exam does not contain any negative marking.
6. What is the last date for filling SBI CBO 2023 application form?
Ans. The Last date for filling out the application form for SBI CBO is 12th December 2023.
7. When will the SBI CBO 2023 Online Exam be conducted?
Ans. The SBI CBO 2023 Online Exam is expected to be conducted in January 2024.
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